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Why are chloroflurocarbons harmful to the ozone layer?

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What are chloroflurocarbons and why are they bad for the ozone layer?

CFC's are man made compounds. They are bad for ozone as they deplete it.


At what layer is ozone harmful?

The ozone is harmful not at stratosphere. It is harmful at some layer. Te layer is troposphere.


How can ozone layer can be harmful?

Ozone layer cannot be harmful. It protects us from harmful UV rays of the sun.


Which part of atmosphere screens out the harmful radiation from sun?

the ozone layer is the the part of the atmosphere that screens out harmful radiation from the sun.


What is the destruction of ozone by chloroflurocarbons?

Ozone depletion is the process where ozone holes are created in the ozone layer. It is caused due to the action of chloro-floro-carbons on the ozone molecule to break it down to oxygen.


Why is halogenoalkanes harmful to ozone layer?

Halogenalkanes are harmful to ozone. They react with ozone and deplete it.


How do electronics affect the ozone layer?

By not affecting it in any way. The manufacture of electronic devices might affect the ozone layer, if that manufacture releases free radicals or freon (chloroflurocarbons) into the atmosphere ... free radicals destroy ozone. However, electronics themselves have no impact on the ozone layer.


Why is halon harmful for ozone layer?

Halons are harmful for ozone. They also react with ozone to deplete it.


What ozone layer do?

Ozone layer protects us from harmful UV rays. these are harmful UV radiations of the sun.


What are absorbed by the ozone layer?

Harmful ultraviolet radiations are absorbed by the ozone layer.


Which 2 things are used in refrigerators are harmful for ozone layer?

CFC's are used in refrigerators. They are extremely harmful for ozone layer.


What layer of the ozone is CFCs harmful to?

CFc's are harmful to the stratospheric region of ozone. They deplete it.